Lepilaena

Lepilaena
	Lepilaena australis
Systematics
Subdivision :	Seed plants (Spermatophytina)
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Frog-spoon-like (Alismatales)
Family :	Pondweed family (Potamogetonaceae)
Genre :	Lepilaena
Scientific name
	Lepilaena
	J.Drumm. ex Harv.

Lepilaena is a genus of submerged (submersed) living plants inthe spawn family .

features

The species are submerged aquatic plants that are annual or relatively short-lived. They have slender rhizomes . The rungs are heavily branched and up to a meter long, especially in flowing water.

The leaves are alternate or almost opposite, have only one vascular bundle , are less than a millimeter wide and have a hollow or ligula- like leaf sheath .

The flowers are usually unisexual, the plants can be mono or dioecious . The flowers are axillary , individually or in groups. The male flower has a reduced perianth of three scales, the female flower has three membranous perianth segments and three free carpels.

distribution

The genus is common in inland waters in Australia and New Zealand.

Systematics

There are six types:

Lepilaena australis J.Drumm. ex Harv. ; Home: southern and southeastern Australia
Lepilaena bilocularis Kirk, Trans. & Proc. ; Home: Australia and New Zealand
Lepilaena cylindrocarpa (Korn. Ex Müll.Berol.) Benth. ; Home: southern and southeastern Australia
Lepilaena marina E.L. Robertson ; Home: Southeast Australia
Lepilaena patentifolia E.L. Robertson ; Home: Southeast Australia
Lepilaena preissii (loam.) F.Muell. ; Home: southern and southeastern Australia.

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Flora of New South Wales online

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Lepilaena. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 28, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Lepilaena - collection of images, videos and audio files

[WCSP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Lepilaena. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 28, 2014.